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Electric Vehicle Charging

US Opens Infrastructure Program for Communities

The US Department of Transportation released the first funding charge through a new infrastructure-building program. The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CF…

Solar Technology

Robotics Company Validates Tech to Automate Solar Plant Construction

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation received $1.9 million from the U.S. Dept. of Energy to develop the robotics system, which delivers, detects, lifts an…

Wind Turbine

How Much Energy Does a Single Wind Turbine Produce? It Depends

Wind energy is the leading renewable energy source in the U.S., and also the lowest-cost source of renewable energy. However, depending on the size or type of t…

Energy Storage Battery

U.S. Energy Storage Market Continues to Expand Rapidly

Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market installed 4.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2022, nearly equal to the combined 2020 and 2021…

Nuclear Reactor

NRC Approves Restart of Nist Test Reactor

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized the restart of a test reactor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, Md. The r…

Nuclear Technology

Scientists Help Enhance Advanced Nuclear Reactor Analysis

Sandia National Laboratories engineers Kyle Clavier, left, and Dan Clayton have developed a standardized screening method to determine the most important radioa…

Carbon Emissions

California, Battered by Atmospheric Rivers, Faces a Big Melt This Spring

More frequent and moisture laden weather surges highlight how California’s wet and dry cycles are being sharpened by the warming climate.

Solar Technology

The Benefits of Floatovoltaics: Putting Solar Panels on Reservoirs

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn international team of environmental scientists is touting the benefits of solar panels on floating platforms atop reservoirs…

Nuclear Fuel

Senate Hearing Focuses on Securing the Entire U.S. Nuclear Fuel Cycle

In this screenshot from a video recording of the hearing, Huff, Wagner, and Dominguez answer a series of questions from Sen. ManchinRight now, our country is de…

SMR

Nuscale Places First Long-Lead Material Production Order With Doosan

A rendering of a NuScale VOYGR plant. (Image: NuScale)NuScale Power, the Portland, Ore.–based small modular reactor developer, announced last week that it…

Offshore Wind Power

GE Developing 18 MW Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine

GE could soon join the list of wind turbine manufacturers who have passed the current 15 MW threshold by producing and/or announcing more powerful models. Accor…

Energy Storage Project

Construction Begins on Idaho Power’s First Energy Storage Projects as It Faces Growing Capacity Shortfall

Idaho Power sign and building.Permission granted by Idaho PowerDive Brief:Construction has begun on Idaho’s first utility-scale energy storage installatio…

Paris Climate Agreement

Mafalda Duarte Named as Next Chief of Un Climate Fund

The CEO of the Climate Investment Funds has been picked to head the Green Climate Fund as its board faces its first complaint caseMafalda Duarte, CEO of the Cli…

Hydrogen Production

Switching to Hydrogen Fuel Could Prolong the Methane Problem

Hydrogen's potential as a clean fuel could be limited by a chemical reaction in the lower atmosphere, according to research from Princeton University and th…

Hydropower Plant

Major Contract Awarded for Fresno Dam Modifications in the US

NW Construction is to begin modifying the Fresno Dam in Montana, US, in April after winning an almost $43.6 million contract from the US Bureau of Reclamation.B…